Category: "Miscellaneous"
Altered Ghostbusters Historical Photos
By Paul Rudoff on Sep. 8, 2018 at 11:30 PM , Categories: Ghostbusters 1, Miscellaneous, Ghostbusters 2
When you've been doing this for as long as I have - last month marked Spook Central's 22nd anniversary - you tend to become intimately familiar with historical Ghostbusters photographs. I've seen the same images over and over again in various… more »
Spook Central Halloween Treat - Unusual Ghostbusters Songs, Volume 1
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 31, 2017 at 12:00 PM , Categories: Miscellaneous, Music , Tags: halloween_treat
This year's Halloween Treat will be a musical feature, showcasing ten unusual or unique (or just plain weird) Ghostbusters songs. Some songs will be good, some will be bad, some will in the middle, and some will be "so bad they're good". There is no… more »
The Ghostbusters 'n' Wrestling Connection
(Thanks to Matthew Jordan for making this look so nice) (This is an updated and revised version of an article originally published on September 28, 2012) Ghostly Greetings to all of my fellow 'Crappers coming to Spook Central via the link in my Someone… more »
McBusters - The Ghostbusters/McDonald's Crossover You Never Knew You Wanted
What do you get when you cross Ghostbusters with McDonald's? Well, you get a set of school supplies, tray liners/placemats, and bicycle accessories. That's true, of course, but you also get the McBusters! What are the McBusters, you may ask? Simply put,… more »
Titanic 100th Anniversary
The RMS Titanic, the world's largest and most luxurious ocean liner, left on its maiden voyage on April 10, 1912 from Southampton, England to New York City, carrying everyone from plutocrats to penniless emigrants. Titanic had an estimated 2,224 people… more »
Ghostbusters 3 Hellbent Script To Appear In IDW's Comic Book Series
Comic artist Tristan Jones, who designed the rotating series of Spook Central banners you see atop this site, has let me in on a little secret. Dan Aykroyd's Ghostbusters 3: Hellbent script will be adapted into comic book form starting in Ghostbusters… more »
What's On The Menu At WienerWald
It all started innocently enough. Two and a half years ago I bought a vintage 1947 Tavern on the Green souvenir photo from a yard sale. I thought it was a nice, unique historical item with a connection to Ghostbusters. I didn't think I would ever have… more »
Shot On Site - The Ghostbusters Celebrate Christmas Near A Familiar Location
By Paul Rudoff on May. 22, 2011 at 8:20 AM , Categories: Miscellaneous, Ghostbusters 2, Filming Locations , Tags: shot-on-site
I can't believe that it's been a year since I wrote my last Shot On Site article. Even though I have five Ghostbusters filming locations positively identified, it's taken me a whole 12 months to finally write up an article about just one of them.… more »
Jim Belushi Helps A (Blues) Brother Out
Last week's episode of Jim Belushi's new series The Defenders, entitled "Nevada v. Dennis" (airdate 12/8/2010), featured a special guest appearance. Prominently sitting on Belushi's character's desk was a bottle of Dan Aykroyd's Crystal Head Vodka. Jim… more »
Free U.S. Custom House History DVD
The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House celebrated its 100th anniversary back in 2007, and to mark the momentous occasion - one which almost didn't happen had the building been demolished back in 1979 like some had wanted - the U.S. General Services… more »